Historical Events Historic Event Aug 1 Surrounded Tsar Peter the Great flees Azov Russian Tsar Peter the Great Aug 23 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence Famous Birthdays Aug 5 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher and astronomer, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1758) Aug 19 Edward Boscawen, British admiral in the Royal Navy, born in Tregothnan, Cornwall (d. 1761) Famous Deaths Aug 22 Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) Aug 25 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician 1710 History by Year 1712 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z